Poland criminalizes accusing the country of complicity during the holocaust

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(02-07-2018, 04:38 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I know we agree on this issue.  I point these things out because it's important to realize that Poland is not operating in a vacuum.  They are operating under principles and mores that have been well established by other countries in Europe.  I'm all for criticizing Poland regarding this law, it just needs to be done in the same breath as criticizing Germany, the UK and any other country with such strict limits on, and criminalization of, speech.

I can agree overall, but I do completely understand why it is a crime in Germany to show acts of Nazism whether through clothing, flags, gestures and so-on. On that one issue I can go with because of not only what they Nazis did, but because of how many were never prosecuted for their crimes and went back into the population as everyday citizens. If there is one group of people that modern day people do not want history to repeat itself with so to speak, it is them.

I get what you are saying, but I cant equally put those things on the same level as each other.